The Neighborhood Readiness Project is a Nevada County community disaster-preparedness initiative that organizes bulk food storage campaigns and local resilience efforts. And they held what is likely their last participatory demonstration of the year of long-term storage strategies at the Banner Grange on McCourtney Road Tuesday evening.  The project was founded by Loraine Webb, who talked about it with our own Tom Fitzsimmons on KNCO’s On the Town yesterday…

The project is focused on community sustainability and transitional food self-sufficiency, in the event of natural disasters, fuel interruptions, or supply chain disruptions. It coordinates discounted bulk orders of essential food staples with local suppliers. In such an event, Webb says local markets have, on average, only three days of inventory on hand. And she says the packing process is done with nitrogen…

Webb says the Neighborhood Readiness Project proposes to assist neighbors with food security for a few transitional months.  Though long-term storage is encouraged, participants will use foodstuffs as they see fit. Webb says the idea is to de-centralize, for many to hold a part.